Could we provide the user the right language more automatically?

[JulienPalard]

I mean, when a french browser hits docs.python.org/ it could be redirected to docs.python.org/fr/ in a clean way.

I'm sure some people prefer reading the english version anway, so we need to find a smart way of doing it, a way such that nobody can complain about it.

[JulienPalard]

cc @christopheNan

[StanFromIreland]

We could use the language the browser is in. See developer.mozilla.org

It would be quite easy to implement.

[m-aciek]

On the backend side the server could make use of Accept-Language header. Though we probably should only redirect on first "encounter" and display a note at the top, like "We've redirected you to your browser preferred language." or similar. Then, if user switches back to English, we should not redirect anymore (probably a boolean cookie would be enough). Otherwise the redirections could be frustrating for users.

[m-aciek]

It's worth noting that MDN is experimenting with “Remember language” feature. It should help with user preference for redirection behaviour.

[ezio-melotti]

Though we probably should only redirect on first "encounter" and display a note at the top, like "We've redirected you to your browser preferred language."

It could also be opt-in instead of opt-out, i.e. show a "Do you want to be redirected to the docs?" message when we detect a preferred language that is not English.